Friday, June 1, 2012

It is unlikely that many would have heard of Dr Henrik
Samuel Conrad Sjögren, a Swedish Ophthalmologist who passed awy in 1986. In some movies, you would hear the Doctor
utter some disease name, not intelligible to common man expressing that ‘nothing
is in their hands’ – ‘Sjogren’s syndrome’ is perhaps one such illness.

Known too well, is
the sibling rivalry and the domination the William sisters had.. after Serena,
Venus Williams also followed being knocked out of French Open not only by a
younger opponent, alos by an illness which has changed her life and the way she
plays. Afflicted by the disease, Williams says she wakes up each morning unsure
of how she will feel. Venus Williams has
been a fierce competitor, one who would not give up easily and one who fought
from behind to win. Venus Ebony Starr
Williams was World No. 1 for sometime
thought her ranking has dropped down to lowly 53 now. She has an impressive tally of 21 Grand Slam titles, which is more than any
other active female player except her
younger sister Serena Williams. She has
won Wimbledon Singles five times and has added 3 Olympic medals to that – 1 in
Singles and the other 2 in Women’s doubles.
She has 43 career singles titles,
and
her 35-match winning streak from the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the
2000 Generali Ladies Linz tournament final is the longest winning streak since
January 2000.

Venus Williams has played her sister Serena Williams 23 times and has won 10 of them. in 23 professional matches since 1998, with
Serena winning 13 of the 23 matches. On the doubles side, the pair have won 12
Grand Slam doubles titles playing alongside each other. Venus is a powerful baseline player more
adapted to grass using her height to her advantage in reaching the ball. She holds the record for the fastest serve
struck by a woman in a main draw event. At the Zurich Open, she recorded 130
mph (210 km/h)

Radwanska smiling

A player known for wrapping the match in quick time, she
is struggling, glum and lacks the verve that carried her to top once. At Roland Garros, Venus barely put up any resistance and lost 6-2, 6-3
to No 3-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. Venus
made 33 unforced errors, 27 more than
Radwanska ending up a lopsided 60-minute defeat in the second round of the
French Open. Though it would rank as any upset with 3rd seed ousting
the 53rd, Venus getting eliminated in the 2nd round is
big news. The player who eliminated her
- Agnieszka Radwańska is a Polish player who has reached five Grand Slam
quarterfinals.

Williams revealed her diagnosis in late August at the U.S.
Open, when she withdrew before her second—round match. She skipped the
Australian Open in January, before returning to the tour in March in a bid to
earn a berth on the U.S Olympic team. She was diagnosed to have been afflicted with
- Sjogren’s syndrome, a mysterious disease caused by an overproduction of B
lymphocytes, the cells of the immune system that make antibodies. The deluge of
B cells clogs glands. The disease often
starts out as an uncomfortable feeling in the eyes and mouth, food becomes
tasteless, some have swollen glands in
their necks, and makes the person feel
weak and tired – and it is stated that there is no way to alleviate this. Sjögren's syndrome is a systemic autoimmune
disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that
produce tears and saliva. It is named
after Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren who first described it. Nine out of ten Sjögren's patients are women
and the average age of onset is late 40s.

Often Physicians tell that lack of exercise and sedentary
life-style causes disorders and rarely even those who are extremely active with
physical activity also get afflicted with disorders